Home/HSFB Championship Central/NCHSFB State Championship Central/NCHSAA 4A Football State Championships NCHSAA 4A Football State Championships 4A (1959-64) *NCHSAA changed classification names to 4A, 3A, 2A, and 1A in 1959. Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1959 Garinger Joe Tomanchek 20-6 Greensboro Bob Jamieson 1960 Greensboro Bob Jamieson 19-7 R.J. Reynolds Shirley ‘Red’ Wilson 1961 Broughton Clyde Walker 19-0 Garinger Joe Tomanchek 1962 Rocky Mount Chris Carpenter 20-6 R.J. Reynolds Shirley ‘Red’ Wilson 1963 Rocky Mount Chris Carpenter 14-13 R.J. Reynolds Shirley ‘Red’ Wilson 1964 R.J. Reynolds Shirley ‘Red’ Wilson 14-6 Durham Bernie Blaney 4A Region 1 (1965-66) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1965 Durham Bernie Blaney 19-14 Fayetteville Shirley ‘Red’ Wilson 1966 Broughton Clyde Walker 21-0 Durham Bernie Blaney 4A Region 2 (1965-66) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1965 Myers Park Gus Purcell 27-6 Garinger Joe Tomanchek 1966 South Mecklenburg Bob Patten 20-19 Garinger Joe Tomanchek 4A 16-Team Bracket (1967-84) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1967 R.L. Fike Henry Trevathan, Sr. 28-14 South Mecklenburg Bob Patten 1968 R.L. Fike Henry Trevathan, Sr. 21-7 Frank L. Ashley Everett Carlton 1969 R.L. Fike Henry Trevathan, Sr. 17-10 Simon G. Atkins David Lash 1970 Broughton David Riggs 14-0 Olympic Joe White 1971 North Forsyth David Nifong 10-7 High Point Central Roy Boyles 1972 T.W. Andrews Bob Boswell 24-17 Reid Ross John Daskal 1973 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 14-6 Ben L. Smith Claude Manzi 1974 Ashbrook Jerry Carpenter 13-12 Sanford Central Paul B. Gay 1975 J.H. Rose Dave Bumgarner 14-13 East Mecklenburg Don Hipps 1976 T.W. Andrews Herb Goins 6-0 Richmond County Ron Krall 1977 East Mecklenburg Don Hipps 28-9 Rocky Mount Walt Wiggins 1978 Richmond County Hal Stewart 14-0 West Charlotte Rudy Abrams 1979 High Point Central Ron Krall 21-9 J.H. Rose Dave Bumgarner 1980 Page Marion Kirby 36-14 Jacksonville Ray Durham 1981 South Mecklenburg Jim Seacord 27-14 Terry Sanford Len Maness 1982 Jacksonville Ray Durham 15-6 Page Marion Kirby 1983 Page Marion Kirby 21-14 Douglas Byrd Bob Paroli 1984 Page Marion Kirby 14-14 Seventy-First Bobby Poss 4A Division II Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1983 New Hanover Joe Miller 17-6 Parkland Homer Thompson 4A 32-Team Bracket (1985-01) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 1985 Page Marion Kirby 26-20 Terry Sanford John Daskal 1986 Seventy-First Bob Paroli 3-0 West Charlotte Bruce Hardin 1987 Garner Hal Stewart 40-21 Harding Tom Knotts 1988 Richmond County Daryl Barnes 17-0 West Charlotte Bruce Hardin 1989 Richmond County Daryl Barnes 39-13 A.C. Reynolds Scott Conner 1990 Richmond County Daryl Barnes 9-7 West Forsyth Denny Zeiters 1991 South View Bobby Poss 10-7 West Charlotte Tom Knotts 1992 East Forsyth Joe Bill Ellender 28-21 Northern Durham Kenny Browning 1993 Northern Durham Kenny Browning 39-6 West Charlotte Tom Knotts 1994 Crest Mike Stewart 28-7 Jacksonville Chuck Martin 1995 West Charlotte Tom Knotts 20-13 Douglas Byrd Bob Paroli 1996 Crest Mike Stewart 20-7 Douglas Byrd Bob Paroli 1997 Richmond County Daryl Barnes 27-7 Douglas Byrd Bob Paroli 1998 Richmond County Daryl Barnes 36-6 Garner Nelson Smith 1999 A.C. Reynolds Bobby Poss 7-0 Douglas Byrd Bob Paroli 2000 Independence Tom Knotts 24-19 South View Randy Ledford 2001 Independence Tom Knotts 49-25 Laney Craig Pendergraft 4A Subdivided (2002-20) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 2002 A.C. Reynolds Bobby Poss 14-7 Northern Nash Jim Brett 2003 J.H. Rose Greg Thomas 51-7 Mount Tabor Bob Sapp 2004 J.H. Rose Greg Thomas 19-17 Jack Britt Richard Bailey 2005 J.H. Rose Greg Thomas 21-0 Grimsley Todd Shuping 2006 J.H. Rose Greg Thomas 26-12 West Charlotte Pete Gilchrist 2007 Hoggard Scott Braswell 28-0 Mount Tabor Barry Stewart 2008 Seventy-First Bob Paroli 28-7 Douglas Byrd Russell Stone 2009 A.C. Reynolds Shane Laws 14-13 Harnett Central Marc Morris 2010 Hillside Antonio King 40-0 Davie County Doug Illing 2011 Scotland Chip Williams 42-16 Porter Ridge Blair Hardin 2012 New Bern Bobby Curlings 39-38 Porter Ridge Blair Hardin 2013 Dudley Steve Davis 24-7 Scotland Richard Bailey 2014 New Bern Bobby Curlings 23-15 Charlotte Catholic Mike Brodowicz 2015 Charlotte Catholic Mike Brodowicz 27-20 J.H. Rose David Wojtecki 2016 Dudley Steve Davis 54-0 Cape Fear Jacob Thomas 2017 Harding Sam Greiner 30-22 Scotland Richard Bailey 2018 East Forsyth Todd Willert 35-28 Scotland Richard Bailey 2019 East Forsyth Todd Willert 24-21 Cardinal Gibbons Steven Wright 2020 Grimsley Darryl Brown 28-8 Cardinal Gibbons Steven Wright 4AA Subdivided (2002-20) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 2002 Independence Tom Knotts 41-20 New Bern Chip Williams 2003 Independence Tom Knotts 54-7 New Bern Chip Williams 2004 Independence Bill Geiler 41-7 South View Randy Ledford 2005 Independence Tom Knotts 38-19 New Bern Chip Williams 2006 Independence Tom Knotts 49-19 Riverside Tommy Blalock 2007 New Bern Bobby Curlings 28-17 Independence Tom Knotts 2008 Richmond County Paul Hoggard 38-35 Jack Britt Richard Bailey 2009 Butler Mike Newsome 48-17 Jack Britt Richard Bailey 2010 Butler Mike Newsome 44-0 Wake Forest-Rolesville Reggie Lucas 2011 Page Kevin Gillespie 35-21 Garner Nelson Smith 2012 Butler Brian Hales 56-28 Jack Britt Brian Rimpf 2013 Mallard Creek Mike Palmieri 59-21 Wake Forest Reggie Lucas 2014 Mallard Creek Mike Palmieri 25-14 Wake Forest Reggie Lucas 2015 Mallard Creek Mike Palmieri 49-6 Page Kevin Gillespie 2016 Wake Forest Reggie Lucas 29-0 Page Kevin Gillespie 2017 Wake Forest Reggie Lucas 21-0 Mallard Creek Mike Palmieri 2018 Wake Forest Reggie Lucas 9-7 Vance Aaron Brand 2019 Vance Glenwood Ferebee 24-3 Leesville Road Ben Kolstad 2020 Vance Glenwood Ferebee 35-14 Rolesville Martin Samek 4A Non-Subdivided (2021-24) Year Champion Championship Coach Game Score Runner-Up Runner-Up Coach 2021 Cardinal Gibbons Steven Wright 14-2 Julius Chambers Glenwood Ferebee 2022 New Bern Torrey Nowell 40-28* Grimsley Darryl Brown 2023 Weddington Andy Capone 56-21 Hoggard Craig Underwood 2024 Grimsley Darryl Brown 35-23 Rolesville Ranier Rackley Click here to return to the #NCHSFB Championship Central Page